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Yay or nay?......

13 replies

CanadaCalls · 27/01/2012 00:00

For a little girl I like:

Harper
Enya
Caitlin
Tabitha

For a boy:

I have no idea!!!!

Why is it always so much harder to name a boy than it is a girl???

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MustControlFistOfDeath · 27/01/2012 00:03

Caitlin ok. Nay to the others, sorry. Especially Harper.

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IHeartKingThistle · 27/01/2012 00:06

I've always loved Tabitha but DH vetoed! Sadly if you call her Harper people are going to think you copied the Beckhams.

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CanadaCalls · 27/01/2012 00:16

I know, damn them Beckhams!

I find a lot of girls names now, the ones considered 'trendy' just sound outright silly. Same with boys too, but I also dont like traditional names....i'm so hard to please :o

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CheerfulYank · 27/01/2012 00:24

I always liked Harper but it's all over the place now. Don't like Tabitha much.

Anya is better than Enya IMO.

What do you like for boys? Dylan? Mason? Kyle? (those are the first "non traditional" names that came up in my head :))

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CanadaCalls · 27/01/2012 00:29

Nope! (sorry to offend if anybody's DC are called the above names)

They just dont float my boat.

I always seem to be drawn to girls names but just keep coming across silly names, such as nevaeh, heaven backwards........

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CheshireDing · 27/01/2012 00:56

I have always lived Tabitha but DH said no as it reminds him of a cat.

I don't like the other names.

What about River, Rein, Reef (maybe spelt Reife) or Barney for a boy if you want something a bit different?

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CheshireDing · 27/01/2012 00:57

loved Tabitha!

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TinkerMaloo · 27/01/2012 09:45

harper is awful

enya is not as nice as anya as someone already said.

tabitha is really sweet :)

please dont call her harper!?

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Littlecherublegs · 27/01/2012 10:07

Harper - NO!
Enya - much prefer Anya (as others have said)
Caitlin - I like it - may be on our shortlist though DH seems to have already vetoed it!
Tabitha - cat's name, Sorry!

For boys how about:
Seth
Barnaby
Archie
Aidan
Amos
Milo
Cosmo
Xavier
Tate

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notso · 27/01/2012 10:14

I like Tabitha best.
Enya just reminds me of... well...Enya!
Caitlin is a really lovely name but it's so popular it's lost it's appeal a little.
Harper, sigh, it's such a shame it's been Beckhamised and Disneyfied.
It's an old English name and I like the literary connection, but really unless you don't mind the Sleb comparison I wouldn't.

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PopcornBiscuit · 27/01/2012 10:48

Harper - don't like
Enya - quite nice but you will get constant references to the singer
Caitlin - pretty, quite like
Tabitha - horrible, a cat's name

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HardCheese · 27/01/2012 19:20

Not Caitlin, unless you are actually pronouncing it the proper Irish way, rather than Kate-Lyn, which is perfectly nice, but spell it like that. I like Tabitha, and never hear it as a cat's name. I have never forgiven Enya for 'Orinoco Flow', so that name tends to make me twitch a bit - what about Eithne, her real name? Or Aine (awn-ya)? Harper I've always like for Harper Lee, but the Beckhamisation element would put me off.

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Clareypen · 27/01/2012 19:22

Love Harper but its is so in right now so has lost all appeal for me.
Cait is a beautiful name
Tabitha is cute- but think about when shes an adult!
ps littlecherubs suggestion of Amos is GORGEOUS!!!!

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